Scott Bergstrom

author of The Cruelty and The Greed

SCROLL DOWN

Scott Bergstrom

author of The Cruelty and The Greed

2018 EDGAR ALLEN POE AWARD FINALIST

The Cruelty is an official finalist in the 2018 Edgar Allen Poe Award in the Best Young Adult. The other works nominated are among the most powerful books I've ever read, and I'm deeply humbled to see The Cruelty listed alongside them. My best wishes to all the nominees. Your work has inspired countless others, and I'm proud to be among them.

the greed is available now

I'm thrilled to announce the launch of The Greed, alongside the paperback edition of The Cruelty. Order your copy through an amazing independent bookseller near you.

The Greed

Now available!

On the run and exhausted by life in the shadows, Gwendolyn launches herself on a global quest to seize control of a dead criminal mastermind's lost fortune. With the help of Terrance Mutai, one of the only people she trusts, she dives headlong into a world of money, espionage, and betrayal. But with enemies closing in around her, can she trust anyone? Even herself?

The Cruelty

official 2018 edgar award finalist

When her diplomat father is kidnapped and the U.S. Government refuses to help, 17-year-old Gwendolyn Bloom sets off across the criminal underbelly of Europe to rescue him. As she journeys from the slums of Paris, to the nightclubs of Berlin, to the violent heart of the most feared criminal family in Prague, Gwendolyn discovers that to survive in this new world she must become every bit as cruel as the men she’s hunting.

the author

the author

Scott Bergstrom is a traveler, photographer, and writer who lives in Colorado with his wife and daughters. The Cruelty is his fiction debut.